[Late results of surgical treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis].
The long-term results of thymectomy in 85 patients with generalized myasthenia at the age of from 16 to 65 years were studied. The complete recovery was noted in 3.3% of the patients, a good result--in 16.7%, a satisfactory one--in 53.3%. In 26.7% of the patients, the clinical effect was absent. At the late period after the operative intervention, in some of the patients, the impairement in the immunoreactivity of an organism preserved. This caused the recurrences of myasthenia and other autoimmune diseases.
Zaĭtsev
V T
VT
Florikian
A K
AK
Zhurov
Iu E
IuE
Nechitaĭlo
P E
PE
Klimova
E M
EM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors
Otdalennye rezul'taty khirurgicheskogo lecheniia generalizovannoĭ miastenii.